Lola (1981)
115 min
Germany in the autumn of 1957: Lola, a seductive cabaret singer-prostitute exults in her power as a temptress of men, but she wants out—she wants money, property, and love. Pitting a corrupt building contractor against the new straight-arrow building commissioner, Lola launches an outrageous plan to elevate herself in a world where everything, and everyone, is for sale. Shot in childlike candy colors, Fassbinder’s homage to Josef von Sternberg’s classic The Blue Angel stands as a satiric tribute to capitalism.
- Release date
- August 20, 1981
- Country of origin
- Germany
Where to watch
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Cast
- Barbara Sukowa as Lola
- Armin Mueller-Stahl as Von Bohm
- Mario Adorf as Schuckert
- Matthias Fuchs as Esslin
- Helga Feddersen as Fräulein Hettich
- Karin Baal as Lola's Mother
- Ivan Desny as Wittich
- Elisabeth Volkmann as Gigi
- Hark Bohm as Völker
- Karl-Heinz von Hassel as Timmerding
- Rosel Zech as Frau Schuckert
- Sonja Neudorfer as Frau Fink
- Christine Kaufmann as Susi
- Y Sa Lo as Rosa
- Günther Kaufmann as GI
- Isolde Barth as Frau Völker
- Karsten Peters as Editor
- Harry Baer as 1st Demonstrator
- Herbert Steinmetz as Concierge
- Nino Korda as TV Delivery Man
- Udo Kier as Waiter (uncredited)
- Raúl Gimenez as 1st Waiter (uncredited)
- Andrea Heuer as Librarian (uncredited)
- Juliane Lorenz as Saleswoman (uncredited)
Crew
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder · Director
- Pea Fröhlich · Writer
- Peter Märthesheimer · Writer
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder · Writer
- Horst Wendlandt · Producer
- Freddy Quinn · Composer
- Peer Raben · Composer
- Xaver Schwarzenberger · Cinematographer
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder · Editor
- Juliane Lorenz · Editor
- Raúl Gimenez · Production designer
- Udo Kier · Production designer
- Rolf Zehetbauer · Production designer